The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-01-27
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.

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Proceedings Of the Council and Of the House Of
Representatives.
The following bills were iutroducedin the
council: st @@5.
Regulating grain warehouses and inspection,
weighing and handling grain and defining the
duties Of the railroad and warehouse commits
sion in relation thereto: providing for the taxa
ton Of persons. copartnership, associations, car
loaning companies, sleeping car companies, cor
pOratiOns and fast freight lines engaged in NOV
Ing cars over any Of the railroads in the terri
tory and not being exclusively the property Of a
company paying taxes on gross receipts; by Mr..
Collins. creating a board Of railroad and, ware
common carriers 1.-THE provisions OF which ap-
peared in the PIONEER PRESS some weeks ago)
creating the Office OF public examiner and defin-
ing his duties and dividing the territory into two
examiner divisions: empowering organized coun-
ties to issue and sell bonds to provide funds
to pay the principal and interest of county in
dehtedness: amending chapter ~, acts OF ths
fifteenth general assembly, relating to the re-
gents of the North Dakota university, and en-
collcees or departments; by Mr.. Mead. a memo
rial tor the passage Of the Dawes Sioux reserva-
ton bill; by. Grigsby. to legalize an election
for determining the question OF issuing bonds.
NEW MODE OF LISTING PROP. RTY.
By Mr.. Hughes. for an act to prescribe a mode
for listing. assessing, levying and collecting
taxes and for other purposes :
This bill does ny materially enlarge the
enumeration Of cl>s,ses of property subject
to taxation, but more definitely prescribes
regulations necessary for securing q thor
ough listing of every thing which should be
taxed, and will practically add at least IS
per cent to taxable property which can be
reached. 1t also, more fully than anything
which the territory has previously had, pro-
vides for very full checks and accountings
BY all officers connected with the collection
and handling of funds. The bill is not a
radical departure from the law which has
heretofore been in force, but it will be a
vast improvement upon the existing stat
ute. In that it will supply many omissions
and correct antiquities which have made 1t
difficult to administer the current law.
The bill contains many provisions of the
present law, and some points sug-
gested by the tax commission appointed
in 1888, to which are added the best feat
ures of the revenue system of various states,
together with points which Mr.. Hughes ex-
perience has demonstrated to be necessary.
and suggestions made by auditor Caldwell
property subject TO taxation and also ex-
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as in the old law.
Bills introduced in tue house:
BY Gilbert. providing for the appointment and
to prescribe the duties Of a public m for
the territory: by Mr.. Miltmore, extending to
June l the time when the taxes for 1886 shall
establishment OF a board Of railroad commits
stoners. amending the existing law, increasing
the OF the board and providing penalties
Tor ODSCructlng the commissioners in their
duties; also, that mo railroad company shall
charge or receive from any person q higher rate
per ton per mile for one car load Of freight than
for . greater number of car loads.
On motion of Mr.. Fletcher, the committee
on rules was instructed to report as one of
the standing committees 4 committee to be
known as the committee on temperance.
Mr.. Fletcher will introduce q bill providing
tor local option and make a strong effort to
pointed official srenographer of the house.
H WAREHOUSE BILL.
Mr.. Hughes bill for regulating grain ware
houses. etc, provides:
It designates the railroad commission as a
railroad and warehouse commission, and makes
It the duty Of the commission ~ to supervise hand
ling. inspecting weighing and storage Of
rules and regulations: All elevators as''t 81
warehouses in which grain is handled or stored
for compensation are declared public ware
bonds given for their operation according to
law, and that their receipts be negotiable and
not limited, Inc commission Is to es-
e be st Known for as ali @b hiPas Of 'rrs s:s,e
The warehouse rates of changes FOR
handling and storage are to be subject to the
lished and be equal and just. The bill provides
careful regulations regarding the issue of tickets
and the general transaction of grain storage
ton. Failure to con- ply with the law will sub
tect the warehouseman to, fine aud imrrison-
ment and revocation Of license. .>&>.
Two bills were introduced in the council
proposing to create the Office OF public ex-
aminer-one by Mr.. Hughes and the other bv
Dr.. Collins. The first proposes one office for
all the territory. The other provides for two
examiners-one for Southern and the other
tor Northern Dakota
THE
At the opening OF the council Mr.. GAL
loway presented q petition from a number
OF ministers for a stringent marriage license
law. Mr.. Bogart presented a similar petit
tion. Bills introduced:
By Hughes accompanied by . memoriaD, for
viding Cor the support of INDECENT soldiers and
sailors and their families. By Dr.. Galloway, reg
ulating the determination Of marriage; regulat-
e Ii ~ By Mr.. M N extending aae the time
when taxes shall become delinquent; to provide
for the maintenance of volunteer IRE companies.
oy IAEs DOOkCs 1ppIOQI1AV1uk lOE VA0 support OL
the fire department part Of the tax paid by Iire
insurance companies on premiums received In
the place where the department. is located. By
MI. Foster, authorizing the organization Of So
cieties for mutual protection against ~larcenies
of live stock; relating to county t-easurers. and
prescribing their duties. fees and salaries. ---~
q HOUSE. =
A Joint resolution was passed providing that
each member shall be entitled to six daily
papers during the session, after q motion to
make it ten had been voted down. Bills in
troduced: ~. H.
BY MI. Burnham, to appropriate for support
of fire departments of each city. town, village
or other municipal corporation: in Dakota part
Of the tax paid by fire insurance companies
upon premiums received by them in any such
town, city or village; by Mr.. DOdds, to amend
sections 20 and 81 Of subchapter 2. of chapter
112 of Session Laws of 1885, relating to road
tax: Mr.. Dodds. providing that notice of chattel
mortgage sales where sum exceeds $50 shall be
published in newspapers printed in said county
At least once q week for two sue
cessive weeks next preceding the sale;
BY MIR. Williams of Burleigh. to regu-
late the practice of pharmacy, the licensing
Of persons to carry on such practice and the
sale Of poison by MI. Dodds, affecting the giving
of mortgages upon unRrown crODs. It provides
that any mortgage given after the date offthe
approval Of this act upon any grain or other crop
not in being, shall be null and void, provided
that the provisions OF this act shall not apply to
or affect any mortgages, given prior to the pas
sage Of this act, upon crops to be grown during
|1S87 By Mr.. k.@pYOYtdinR that whenever